Sinocoelotes hehuaensis Zhao & Li

Chen, Lu, Zhao, Zhe & Li, Shuqiang, 2016, Sinocoelotes gen. n., a new genus of the subfamily Coelotinae (Araneae, Agelenidae) from Southeast Asia, ZooKeys 614, pp. 51-86 : 57-60

Taxon classification Animalia Araneae Agelenidae

Sinocoelotes hehuaensis Zhao & Li sp. n. Figs 7, 8, 21

Type material.

Holotype ♂: China: Yunnan Province: Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture: Xiaguan Town, Hehua Village, Cangshan Mountain, Baolinjing Valley, N25°36'27", E100°11'18", 2307 m, 20.XI.2013, Y. Li and J. Liu. Paratype: 1♀, same data as holotype.

Etymology.

The specific name refers to the type locality; adjective.

Diagnosis.

The male can be easily distinguished from other Sinocoelotes gen. n. species by the longer peg-shaped conductor (about 1/2 length of cymbium; less than 1/3 length of cymbium in Sinocoelotes ludingensis sp. n., Sinocoelotes thailandensis ; bended in Sinocoelotes yanyuanensis sp. n.), the longer patellar apophysis (subequal to the length of patella in Sinocoelotes hehuaensis sp. n., shorter than the length of patella in other species), the larger and subtriangular dorsal conductor apophysis (large, but with blunt tip in Sinocoelotes thailandensis ; less than 1/3 length and 1/2 width of Sinocoelotes hehuaensis in other species) (cf. Figs 7 A–C, 10 A–C, 18 A–C and 20 A–C). The female is similar to Sinocoelotes cangshanensis sp. n. but can be distinguished from it by the shorter epigynal teeth (less than 1/3 length of the teeth in Sinocoelotes cangshanensis sp. n.), the broader copulatory ducts (two times wider than in Sinocoelotes cangshanensis sp. n.), and the longer spermathecal heads (twice as long as in Sinocoelotes cangshanensis sp. n.) (cf. Figs 8 A–B; and 4 A–B).

Description.

Male. Total length 7.04. Carapace 3.60 long, 2.76 wide. Abdomen 3.44 long, 2.00 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.16, ALE 0.20, PME 0.19, PLE 0.17; AME-AME 0.09, AME-ALE 0.03, PME-PME 0.10, PME-PLE 0.13. Leg measurements: I 14.40 (3.92, 4.48, 3.64, 2.36); II 12.60 (3.48, 4.00, 3.20, 1.92); III 11.33 (3.28, 3.40, 3.02, 1.63); IV 15.23 (4.10, 4.50, 4.48, 2.15). Chelicerae with four retromarginal teeth. Palp: patellar apophysis long, subequal to the length of patella; RTA broad, extending beyond the tibia; LTA short, less than 1/5 length of RTA; cymbial furrow short, about 1/6 length of cymbium; conductor long, slender, peg-shaped in ventral view, subequal to 1/2 length of cymbium; dorsal conductor apophysis broad, the visible part (between conductor and tegulum) subtriangular; embolus beginning at seven o’clock position (Fig. 7 A–C).

Female. Total length 13.20. Carapace 6.02 long, 4.49 wide. Abdomen 7.18 long, 5.26 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.17, ALE 0.29, PME 0.23, PLE 0.27; AME-AME 0.15, AME-ALE 0.04, PME-PME 0.24, PME-PLE 0.29. Leg measurements: I 16.83 (4.49, 5.76, 4.04, 2.54); II 15.13 (4.36, 5.06, 3.53, 2.18); III 13.99 (3.92, 4.49, 3.52, 2.06); IV 17.69 (4.95, 5.78, 4.68, 2.28). Chelicerae as in male. Epigyne: teeth short, subtriangular, located at posterior 1/2 of epigyne; copulatory ducts broad, long, sclerotized, anterior part connected to each other, and it about half of vulval length, almost as wide as spermathecae; spermathecae short and convoluted; anterior part touching each other, posterior part about 1/3 length of anterior part; spermathecal heads long, stick-shaped, twice longer than their width, originating from middle of anterior spermathecae (Fig. 8 A–B).

Distribution.

Known only from the type locality (Fig. 21).